Also on its way is a four-wheel-drive XF, which will extend Jag’s market penetration in the snowbelt states of the US, which includes New York. Around three-quarters of executive saloon sales in the snowbelt are all-wheel drive.

Jaguar recently confirmed a new model offensive, launching 40 new and revised models and powertrains by 2016.

“It is the most ambitious new product programme in the history of JLR,” said Jaguar Land Rover chief executive Ralf Speth. “We are spending billions of pounds in product innovation.”

The board of JLR owner Tata Motors has “just” approved these plans, said Speth.